Curtain fixture



Patented May 1l, 19,26.

' UNITED STATES 1,584,354 PATENT oFFlcE JAMES H. BOYE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR'TO JAMES H. BOYE MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Application led June 5,

This invention relates to the art of curtain fixtures, and has reference more particularly to. an improved means for yield- Aably attaching the ends of .the curtain rod to the support-ing brackets thereof. The present improvement belongs to that class of curtain lixtures which employ so-callcd flat rods, and the chief object of the invention is.. to provide a very simple,.cheap and efficient construction of rod and bracket whereby the ends of the rod may ibereadily entered on the bracket and yieldably locked thereto with capacity for removal when required by a pull suiiicient to disengage them.

Various fastening devices of this general character are known, many of which involve the application to the bracket or curtain rod of extraneous fastening devices. By my.

present invention, the cooperating devices .by which the rod is yieldably locked on the bracket constitute integral parts of the rod and bracket themselves and involve no attachments.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood by persons skilled in the art, I

have illustrated in the accompanying drawings two practical and simple embodiments of the principle of the invention, and referring theretov Fig. 1 is an inner side elevation of a rodsupporting bracket and one end of a flat curtain rod engaged therewith;

Fig. 2 is a top 'plan view, partly in section through the end portionof the rod on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; A

Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 1, illustrating. a, slightly dierent form' of the in vention; y i Fig.. 5 isa 'view Isimilar to'Fi'gng2, with the end of the rod in horizontal-section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; v v Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3,' taken on. the line 6 6 of 4; fand. j

Fig. 7 is a perspective detail of the bracket. Referring to@ the'drawing, 10 designates as an entirety a flat sheet .metal `curtain rod "which, as usual in .rods of this type, is; formed l each end of the rod, portions of these flanges.-

with rearwardly and inwardly curled yflanges 11 and 12 on its uppergandlower margins respectively. A slight distance inwardly of are swaged inwardly, or otherwise depressed -towardthe body of the rod, as shown at 13 1924. serial No. 717,921.

and 14. Preferably, and as herein shown, the body of the rod is indented at a point opposite the inwardly 'swaged portions of the langes, thereby producing a protuberance 15 on the rea-r surface of the rod that is located substantially midway between the depressed portions 13 and 14.

16 .designates the bracket arm which is a plain flat strip of Ymetal equipped with a base or attaching flange 17 for application to the windowor doorcasing.y The upper and lower edges of the arm 16 are formed with notches 18 and 19, respectively, so shaped as to provide vertical shoulders 2O and 21 (Fig. 7) at the forward ends of the notches 18 and 19, respectively.

The end portion of the rod is applied to the bracket by simply telescoping it over the latter, during which operation the head portion of the bracket arm lying beyond the notches 18 and 19 is-forced between the depressed lips 13 and 14 of the flanges and the opposed swell or protuberance 15 of the body, until the head-is passed beyond the lips 13 and 14. This is permit-ted by the transverse resiliency of the metal which, in the construction shown, yields transversely between the central protuberance 15 and the free edges of the depressed lips 13 and 14. When the rod is fully mounted on the bracket arm, the lips 13 and 14 snap into registerwith vthe notches -18 and 19, and the shoulders 2O and 21, bearing upon the convex inner surfaces of the lips 13 and 14, yieldably lock the rod on the bracket arm. By a. sufficient pull, however, the resilient locking effect of the lips 13 and 14 may be overcome, and the ends of the rod slid off the brackets.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. 2 that the inwardly swaged lips 13 and 14 present a steeper arm-engaging surface at their forward ends than at their rear ends,

so that less force is required to apply the i' a fiat curtain rodl and its supporting bracket wherein the upper and lower flanges o f the rod provide one of the interlocking elements operative through the transverse resiliency of the flanges. It is manifest that this principle may be embodied in other specifically different forms from those showniandA described; and hence I reserve such other variations and modifications of this principle not herein shown as fall within the spirit. and purview of the appended claims.

l. In a curtain iixture, `the combination of a flat rod of resilient material formed with rearwardlyfand inwardly bent ianges on itsvupper and lower edges, portions of said fianges inwardly of each end of the rod being depressed toward the body of the rod, and a rod-supporting bracket arm telescopinfg within an end of said rod and formed with shoulders adapted to yieldably interlock behind said depressed portions of the iianges.

2. In' a curtain fixture, the combination of a Hat sheet metal rod formed with transversely resilient rearwardly and inwardly curled upper and lower marginal flanges, opposed portions of said anges inwardly of each end of the rod being depressed toward the body of the rod, and a flat bracket arm telescoping within an end of said rod and formed with notches in its upper and lower edges adapted to yieldably interlock with said depressed portions of the flanges.-

3. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a flat sheet metal rod formed with transversely resilient rearwardly and inwardly bent upper and lower marginal flanges, opposed portions of said Hang-es inwardly of each end of the rod being swaged inwardly toward the body of the rod and the body of the rod being'provided with a pr0tuberance on its rear side between said inwardly swaged portions, and a rod-supportingr bracket arm telescoping within an end of said rod and formed with shoulders adapted to yieldably interlock behind said inwardly-:swaged portions of the ianges.

4: In a curtain fixture, the combination of a fiat sheet metal rod formed with transf versely resilient rearwardly and inwardlyl curled upper and lower marginal anges,

l opposed portions of said fianges inwardly of of the rod being centrally indented to form a protuberance on its rear side between said inwardly swaged portions, and a flat bracket arm telescoping within an end of said rod and formed with notches on itsnppen and lower edges adapted, .under tliemtransverse resiliency of said rod and its'f'langes, to yieldably interlock with said inwardly swaged portions of the fianges.

JAMES H. BOYE. 

